United States HB4512

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be made available to conduct, support, or fund (directly or indirectly) any covered research on a qualified animal. (1) COVERED RESEARCH.—The term "covered research" means any research to study the effects of drugs, hormones, surgery, or other interventions to alter the body of a qualified animal to no longer correspond to the biological sex of such animal, including by— (A) disrupting the development of an animal’s body; (B) inhibiting the natural functions of the animal’s body; or (C) modifying the physical appearance of an animal